Department of Housing and Urban Development

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government that institutes and administers all federal programs dealing with better housing, urban renewal, and metropolitan planning. : HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

1. A department of the federal executive branch responsible for home finance, promoting civil rights in housing, urban renewal (see also urban renewal ), and the development of new communities.

Example Sentences

He worked as an attorney in the Obama administration, at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, then joined a private practice as a civil rights lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times

Department of Housing and Urban Development funded billions of dollars in grants to help homeowners rebuild.

From Salon

Department of Housing and Urban Development this month awarded the foundation $10 million to promote tenant organizing at low-income developments across the country.

From Los Angeles Times

Stier, who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter and served as a lawyer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called the decision “a tough blow to public service.”

From Los Angeles Times

Department of Housing and Urban Development stepped in and demolished several public housing complexes, displacing hundreds of people.

From Salon